New York A 4742: Authorizes the incorporation of the volunteer exempt firefighter's benevolent association of Huntington Manor

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A04742 Summary:

BILL NOA04742 

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SAME ASSAME AS S02234

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SPONSORBronson

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COSPNSRLunsford, Gonzalez-Rojas, Raga, Lucas, Hevesi, Shrestha, Santabarbara, Davila, Colton, Meeks,
 Jacobson, Steck, Tapia, Conrad, Ramos

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§20 & 25, Work Comp L

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Provides that either party to a workers compensation claim can request a hearing; requires a record of all hearings held.

Go to top A04742 Actions:

BILL NOA04742 

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02/06/2025referred to labor

05/20/2025reported referred to codes

06/05/2025reported referred to ways and means

01/07/2026referred to ways and means

Go to topA04742 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:LABOR Chair:Bronson 
DATE:05/20/2025AYE/NAY:29/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Codes BronsonAyeDursoAye

ColtonAyeBrabenecAye

BenedettoAyeDiPietroAye

HevesiAyeMorinelloAye

RozicAyeDeStefanoAye

SteckAyeGiglioAye

CruzAyeSlaterAye

ReyesAyeNorberAye

RamosAyeSempolinskiAye

JacobsonAye

ZinermanAye

TaylorAye

TapiaAye

LucasAye

AlvarezAye

RagaAye

RiveraAye

BoresAye

SimoneAye

BurroughsAye

Committee:CODES Chair:Dinowitz 
DATE:06/05/2025AYE/NAY:21/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means DinowitzAyeMorinelloAye

CookAyeReillyAye

LavineAyeMikulinAye

WeprinAyeTannousisAye

HevesiAyeAngelinoAye

SeawrightAyeMolitorAye

RosenthalAye

WalkerAye

VanelExcused

CruzAye

EpsteinAye

BoresAye

ReyesAye

LasherAye

RomeroAye

AlvarezAye

Go to topA04742 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA04742 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4742

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 6, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. BRONSON, LUNSFORD, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, RAGA, LUCAS,
 HEVESI, SHRESTHA, SANTABARBARA, DAVILA, COLTON, MEEKS -- read once and
 referred to the Committee on Labor

 AN ACT to amend the workers' compensation law, in relation to the
 parties' rights to a hearing upon application to the workers' compen-
 sation board and requiring a record of all hearings held

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 of section 20 of the workers'
 2 compensation law are renumbered subdivisions 2, 3 and 4 and a new subdi-
 3 vision 1 is added to read as follows:
 4 1. The board shall index a claim for workers' compensation immediately
 5 upon the receipt of a medical report in addition to either a claim filed
 6 by the injured worker or an employer's report of injury or illness.
 7 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 20 of the workers' compensation law,
 8 as amended by chapter 635 of the laws of 1996 and as renumbered by
 9 section one of this act, is amended to read as follows:
 10 2. [At any time after the expiration of the first seven days of disa-
 11 bility on the part of an injured employee, or at any time after the
 12 employee's death, a claim for compensation may be presented to the
 13 employer or to the chair. The] Within sixty days after a claim for
 14 compensation has been indexed, the board shall hold an initial hearing
 15 for each claim in which the injured worker asserts lost wages or lost
 16 time due to injury and shall have full power and authority to determine
 17 all questions in relation to the payment of claims presented to it for
 18 compensation under the provisions of this chapter. The chair or board
 19 shall thereafter make or cause to be made such investigation as it deems
 20 necessary, and upon application of either party or an attorney repres-
 21 enting either party, shall order a hearing before a referee to take
 22 place within forty-five calendar days of the application from either
 23 party, and within thirty days after a claim for compensation is submit-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06076-02-5

 A. 4742 2

 1 ted under this section, or such hearing closed, shall make or deny an
 2 award, determining such claim for compensation, and file the same in the
 3 office of the chair. No application for a hearing made by a party or an
 4 attorney pursuant to this section shall be subject to limitations,
 5 prerequisites, or penalties imposed by the board. Immed